SFE Clean-Up of Olive Oil Samples for Herbicide Analysis

Monitoring the quality of essential oils is vital for protecting consumer health. Researchers recently combined gas chromatography and mass spectrometry approaches to gather data on mandarin essential oils.

Food contact materials contain low molecular weight additives and processing aids which can migrate into foods leading to trace levels of contamination. Food safety is ensured through regulations, comprising compositional controls and migration limits, which present a significant analytical challenge to the food industry to ensure compliance and demonstrate due diligence. Of the various analytical approaches, LC-MS/MS has proved to be an essential tool in monitoring migration of target compounds into foods, and more sophisticated approaches such as LC-high resolution MS (Orbitrap) are being increasingly used for untargeted analysis to monitor non-intentionally added substances. This podcast will provide an overview to this area, illustrated with various applications showing current approaches being employed.

Grape pomace, a byproduct of the winery industry, holds various phenolic compounds within it. Scientists used liquid chromatography-based techniques to harvest these potentially beneficial components.

New QuEChERs-based methods were created to detect pesticide residues in commercial dry pet food.

Shea kernels contain bioactive secondary metabolites that can offer potential health benefits. Researchers aimed to learn more about these substances.

This article reports on new products introduced at Pittcon this year and in the preceding year related to sample preparation instruments, supplies, and accessories.